Here's a photo taken in 1906 of a several months-old baby. I think I see a partial "hand" on the right of the baby near the baby's arm. Is the...
The fellow is slightly familiar but . . . Look at the woman in the front row who is (in the photo) to the right of the man. She was at least in...
Thank you, Gregsglass. I don't think I have ever seen a postmortem photo with eyes open. Then again, I probably would have presumed that with...
I was asking two serious questions about postmortem photographs. Here are three other serious questions: Did postmortem studio photographs ever...
Oh my goodness. Afantiques, are there old postmortem photos "out there" where deceased people were "propped up" in a standing position (and not...
Did you notice how gaunt and wan my uncle looks in comparison to his healthy siblings? Paul Harvey "the rest of the story" time -- the photo...
Bakersgma, you are very close to figuring out the general date of the photo.
Figtree, if you want to know now, respond and I'll share the subtle (very subtle) clue as to the year the photo was taken.
Figtree, at "the other place" I had posted about my grandmother, after I made a comment to her that it was a "big blue bow," correcting me and...
Figtree, not what this thread was started for, but the youngest boy (front left) is the one wearing the big, pink bow which I/we discussed earlier...
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Please ignore until I can get the photograph uploaded. :arghh:
Here's a family photo with a subtle clue as to its date. Clothing and accessories and hairstyles always come into play, but in a land as vast as...
Wild-eyed guess but . . . Some sort of (foreign?) smudge pot or fumigator or the (foreign and/or old) equivalent of a "vaporizer" for medicinal...
Is anyone into books, books, . . . did I mention books????
Bookahtoo, Bdigger has a better suggestion. I'm still stuck on the poetic/literary meaning of "undulating" from days of old(e). :shame:
Bookahtoo said: ""What would you call this pattern?" "Undulating" comes to mind and has a certain "ring" to it . . . but is that the "ring" you...
Oh, it is lovely and sweet.
Bakersgma, just an idea but this may be a way to enjoy (almost simultaneously) the fronts and backs of the postcards in your Grandmother's...
Beautiful trade cards. The colors and graphics are still so crisp. I noticed on the Marseilles White Soap (back) packaging that the soap came in...
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